Tiffany’s debut novel attempts to reconcile the differences between art and science in a fictional narrative punctuated by the precision of a scientific experiment. This results in an awkward hybrid that satisfies neither category fully

We live in a Godless society, or so the media would have us believe. So what relevance does Picault’s tale of a seven year-old prophet who is able to perform miracles and shows evidence of stigmata, have for the modern reader?